This is a rare view of a quest to experience nature in its purest form - the silence, the struggle, the overwhelming beauty. Here, the legendary author of The Monkey Wrench Gang, Abbey's Road and many other critically acclaimed books vividly captures the essence of his life during three seasons as a park ranger in southeastern Utah. Both Abbey and this book are all of these and more. When Desert Solitaire was first published in 1968, it became the focus of a nationwide cult. The first morning - Solitaire - The serpents of paradise - Cliffrose and bayonets - Polemic: industrial tourism and the national parks - Rocks - Cowboys and Indians - Cowboys and Indians, part II - Water - The heat of noon: rock and tree and cloud - The moon-eyed horse - Down the river - Havasu - The dead man at Grandview Point - Tukuhnikivats, the island in the desert - Episodes and vivions - Terra incognita: into the maze - Bedrock and paradox Desert solitaire was first published in 1968"-P.
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